$190 should never be this cards starting price, and after a code and $20 rebate it's not a deal!
GTX660 is a card that's not anything distinctive from the R9 270; basically the same production cost/die size, analogous on power, although its' well documented by Tom's, Canucks, Tech Report... that the 270 is 7-10% faster, and other than a couple Nvidia centric titles (Assassin's, Metro) the closest it musters is matching the 270.
You can get super nice (which this 660 is... more regular ho-hum OC'd custom) R9 270's for $150-170 without any fanfare, while as low as $130 deals. Why does Nvidia believe their $170-200 pricing has any merit.
This with a starting price of $170 (still high) -10% code and a $10 rebate, that would make a $143 price, which is what something like this should rightly price down to say "deal".
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GTX660 is a card that's not anything distinctive from the R9 270; basically the same production cost/die size, analogous on power, although its' well documented by Tom's, Canucks, Tech Report... that the 270 is 7-10% faster, and other than a couple Nvidia centric titles (Assassin's, Metro) the closest it musters is matching the 270.
You can get super nice (which this 660 is... more regular ho-hum OC'd custom) R9 270's for $150-170 without any fanfare, while as low as $130 deals. Why does Nvidia believe their $170-200 pricing has any merit.
Here's a Sapphire Dual-X OC (again a ho-hum OC'd custom) starts $160 -AR$10 and even with $3 for shipping that's $153. Plus you get Silver Reward of two games.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814202090
This with a starting price of $170 (still high) -10% code and a $10 rebate, that would make a $143 price, which is what something like this should rightly price down to say "deal".
Thank you!